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spreckle

spreckle noun: a speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

Noun

spreckle (plural spreckles)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

Verb

spreckle (third-person singular simple present spreckles, present participle spreckling, simple past and past participle spreckled)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, ambitransitive, dialectal) To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.

Forms of spreckle

Noun
pluralspreckles
alternative formsprackle
Verb
third-person singular presentspreckles
present participlespreckling
past participlespreckled
pastspreckled

Origin of spreckle

From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).

From Middle English *spreklen (suggested by past participle sprekled), from the noun above.

Questions about spreckle

What does spreckle mean?
Spreckle means a speck, spot, speckle; freckle.
What part of speech is spreckle?
Spreckle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spreckle?
The plural of spreckle is spreckles.

Words near spreckle in the dictionary

  1. spreaths
  2. Sprechbund
  3. sprechgesang
  4. Sprechstimme
  5. Spreckels
  6. spreckle
  7. spreckled
  8. spreckles
  9. spreckling
  10. spred
  11. spredd

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